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Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12
FRANK JAMES SELLS A HORSE.
A WeH-Trainsd Specimen Of the Equine
RaCe-Feats Performed.

A few days agJ DR. A. V. Bsnes, desiring
a few days rest and recreation took run
down to Excelsior springS, in Clay county.
As is generally known, those noted springs
are not far distant from the country resi-
dence of Dr. Samuels who'e wife is the
mother of Frank Jame' Now that danger
no longer Turks in every pathway, notwith-
standing the fact that Frank live' in jack
son county, fifty miles away, there are few
weeks that are allowed 10 pass by that he
does not mount one of his thoroughbred
stee Is in the morning AMI that night eek
rest under the roof which sheltered him in
his innocent childhood.
Frank was making one of his periodical
visits t. the old farm while DR.. Banes was
sojcurning at the springs, and by some
means the doctor learned of the wonder; ul
traits AMI pecuiarities Of horse ridden
down into Clay by the eX-outlaw. Now if
there is any one thing on earth that DR.
Banes likes better than all others it is a fine
horse and being in need Of such an animal.
he concluded to pay Frank a visit. An hour
aud haifs drive laniei the doctor at the
Samusls place. where he introduced him
self and received a most cordial and hospit-
able greeting from Mrs. Samuels and her
son Frank, DIR. Samuels being absent at a
church meeting. In due course Of time DR..
Ranes explained the object Of the visit, and
asked of Frank to be shown his horse.
Certainly said he, and leading the way to
the barn-yari, haltei at the gats and in a
sharp. shrill tone cried out, Come here.
BuckIr
A magnificent specimen Of the equine
race, years old, and a beautiful sorrel
whose every ."t and motion be poke the
Thoroughbred. emerged from shed where
he had taken r-fugs from the scorching
rays of the sun, and, approaching his mas
ter stopped at the gate which separataa
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12
A MEAL FOR TWELVE CENTS.
Surprising Result of small Investment
in Food. without Any style.

Chicago Herald
A newspaper man walked down State
street He Wa hungry. as newspaper men
oft-n ara. He felt in his pocket, and found
II rentS. He was surlrised-at the uBusu-
ally large amount. He thought he had but
10 Just then a sign reading "A Square
Meal {, r II Cents-Clean AMI Gool-None
Better in the City" attracted his attention.
Hunger again asserted It's claims why
it demande l, shall not lie sati'fei if the
best meal in Chicago can be had for II
centeP There WIS reason and truth in this,
and they carried the day.
So down into the square meal for Il cents
re .taurant Re dived. 1t was in a basement.
Toe floor was carVetel with sand. The
half dozen tables were covered with mar
BILE from the oilcloth factory. Two waters
were IN readiness 10 receive his order. The
newspaper man ordered, again counting his
cash TO make sure that the whole Il cents
were there In half minute ths iir I coGrse
wa before m. 1t was a small plate Of
soup. which tasted well He did not stop
to analyze il, even iu his mind.
Toe experienced diner-out never doe,
that Soup like hash and sausage
is made to be eaten. not TO be analyzsd
After the soup came the dinner. 1t con-
sisted of coffee which was nearly as good aS
the average in restaurants; bread and but
ter. unobjectionable; a boiled potato. with
its Jacket" on and we'll done, and piece #
roast beef. OF course il was not a lar, ,e
piece of beef nor was il of the choicest cut
But the roasting had been properly done,
and that is the main thing. 1t had the
flavor OF "Ioueness' about it, and if not
juicy and tender, was wholesome and sati,-
flying. There was enough gravy with it to
sop the potato with. following the meat
came q piece OF pie 1t was a small piece
one eighth OF pie-but it was good This
was l2-cent dinner.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12
A Boys Confession to Leo NH.

Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.
A friend Of mine lately had a private
audience of the holy father He took his
son with him-a mo intelligent, original
little fellow of 5 year, Il age. Leo XII is
very fond Of little children. He is a nerv-
Gus cold, reserved man 10 grown-up per-
sons, but delightfully."- accessible and kind 70
little folk. Claude, my friends son, was
soon mounted upon the holy fathers knee,
perfectly al ease, with all that divine un-
cnn-ciouSuess of children; moreover. he is
accustomed to clericalS. His best play
fellows out of the nursery are certain
learned an distinguished Thomist Domini-
can and a cholariv Beneiictine father So
Claude played with the pDpe's cross, and
stencil. hslf-cJmprehend nsly. To the
conver alton On the difficulties and
re>ponsbilit;e Of parents, and the
pred spositi N to good or evil of
children. The pope looked tendsrly
down on dear little Claude and said,
Il hope You are always a gooi boy" Clruie
flu>he hot red up 10 his very blonde tenn
pies. but an ,wered, bold a little lion, Oh
no. hit Marie yesterday"
What" cried the pope. Bit whomi"
Marie, INV sister aid Clauie. "She
called me little pig and bit her hard on
the arm.
This was too much for the popes silicon
troll; he burst into a hearty peal of laugh
ter, then said: 1T was not nice in your sitter
TO call You names, to be sure; but You ought
not to have bitten her. You know
"Of ccurse not!7 exclaimed Claude, with
delightful agreement, for you see am
neither pig nor a dog.
AEain his holiness went off into another
good laugh, The boys naive courage and
frankneSs were delicious. and the pope ha
the tru. Leart to enjoy it.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12
Pat.nting Medical Instruments


@But talking Of patented medical inStru-
ments,7 the doctor suddenly sail. do you
know that the prejudice of the me !ical pro-
fession is So great against the use of any
pstentei instrument that it amounts al
most TO what you newspaper men would
call boycottiug TO have an instrument, how
ever valua hle patented" 1 did not know
il and candidly said l could not credit the
assertion.
Why continued the doctor. 'it is not
more than twenty years ago that a large
houss in tGis city Undertook the manufac-
ture of few patented dental in
ments. There was instantly raisei
the cry that by patenting the in-
ventions the company was restrict
ing the denti,ts in doing good and
in relieving the suffering of their
fellow creatures. But the practical re-
suit was that inventors were stimulated and
additional apparatus was offered this firm;
they were enabled 10 develop their business
until they have become the largest
manufacturers OF dental instruments in the
world: and they have SO cheapsnei the
price OF the best instruments that the small
est practitioner can afford to use the be {
article manufactured. But 10 this day so
great is the prejudice among surgeons TO
using any patented surgical instrument
that it almost becomes professional out
lawry to suggest an invention and it is high
treason to patert one.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12


u have noticed, said an observing gen.
tleman. that my pet cat has beea making a
daily picnic out OF the seventeen year locusts.
j watched her one day creep up on one that
had dropped upon a winiow-ledge She
snapped it up and ate it with the greatest
possible relish. Several times since then
| have caught her eating them. One
of my friends, who owns a very fine
f"N hound, says the dog has likewise
manifested a strange fOndnass for the locusts.
This is a very unusual Circumstance,
because ordinarily you could not drag
either cat or dog close to live bug and
and never knew one To eat bug or in ect,
whether dead or alive. There must be
something particularly luscious about the
locust"
Several Chinese laundry men in the city
have taken to eating the locusts. They
stew them with rice and dish them up in the
form of hash.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12
Some Awfully Foolish Men.

world" said a dealer in legerdemain appa-
ratus. Frequently get letters from fellows
who want to buy a method of turning silver
into gold and of making precious metal of
old iron. In some way or another these fu-
lows get the idea that conjuror can do any
thing. About the most ridiculous request
that ever came to Inc, though, was one frC m
u St Louis chump named John Kastner lie
wrote: Please fine inclosed 2-cent stamps for
one of your conjuring apparatus catalogues
Please let ne know if you have some books
on hand where you can make it so you can
win prizes i'll the lottei every time How
is that for q modest reI IIestf-Chicaso Her.
all
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12
Strange Customs in Switzerland.

The making Of cheese is very important
occupati in Switzerland, where the riches
of q man are estimated according to the
number Of cheese he possesses. A strange
custom in the Nalois is to make chee .
when a child is born, which is let un-
touched during his lifetime. and is often cut
into for the first time at his funeral feast A
rich man stores up wine as we'll as cheese for
his own funeral and when that event takes
place goblet of this dead wine,n as it is
called, is placed in the coffin. the mourners
approach, take the goblet in their hands.
touch the coffin with it. and drink the con-
tents to future meeting with their de-
parted friend.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12
Improving the Piano Players Fingers.

New York Cor. Inter Ocean
The feat OF covering an octave on the
keys of piano is too much for the small
hands of some girls and a surgical opera
ton for adding TO the spreading capacity of
the fingers has come into considerable
vogue. 1t consists in dividing certain fl
brous bands in the little finger. Most Of the
pupils Of a certain professor Of music have
submitted to it There is not much pain in
VOWED, and no Disagreement The i'm
proved finger is left with none Of the de-
pendence upon its nearest neig hbor which is
its natural characteristic. One Of the
maidens was telling me about it. She de-
clared it to be q perfect success
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12
Andromeda and Henrico Sing.
LSonkers Gazette.

"Why, l could launch me soul upon this
breeze and to its fragrant bounty yield such
song as would the very angels wake to &C.
stacy"
And in the doing o 1t, guileleSs thing,
thouis't threat with Ill thy tender bronchia,
or make such chasm with thy liberal mouth
as would invite the June bugs entrance
there. Give DER, give DER. and put thy
yearn to seed till these our neighbors yon
have sleepy grown, and then we'll treat
them to . dual howl that will invite the
bootjacks hitheriug.r
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12

Wife-What did you think of that hat NJ s
Fussanfeatber wore to church this morning /
Husband-I didn't notice Miss Fussan-
feathers hat.
ats very funny you didn't see it. She sat
directly III front of you"
"Well, suppose she did. Do you suppose l
go to church to look at women's hats!'
well, my dear, it's the same hat Mis-
Fussanfeather wore at the theatre last nigut
and which you claimed obstructed your view
Of the stage"
Husband concludes that he was caught nap
ping-Yonkers Statesman
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12
Miles of Pipe Lines

There are So miles of pps Lines laid be-
tween points in the oil region and New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cleveland and
Buff To- Some portions Of tine main lines
are double -piged, making the total length
!. 53J mile, not inciuling the immense net
work of feeders Pipes ranging from four
To SIX inches in diameter are used on the
main lines. which can stand pressure Of
80 pounds to the square inch. About
Is, O0O barrels of crude oil are daily forced
through these pipes To the seaboard markets
at cost OF about cents per barrel to the
TRANSPORTATION company.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12
A Georgia Honey Gathering"

Georgians have novel entertainment
which they call honey gathering One
In irving county, lately, was atten led by
eighty-five persons, and an account of it
says the four trees being on spot nop much
larger tnan three acres 1t was not any
trouble TO movs from one tree to another,
and by ) o'clock every tree was cut and
relieved Of its sweet contents, of which there
was an abundance, so much 50 that every
body had enough and plenty was left The
bees we're in gooi humor, and but very
few people were stung.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12
Mission. in Japan.

The first mission Of the American board
was established in Japan only sixteen years
ago, and there are now in that country l21
Protestant churches with 5000 members
These churches are mainly self-supporting.
and missionary work i; carried on chiefly
through native preachers and teacherS.
The government now favors Protestant
Christianity, aud encourages theological
training scboolA
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12

DR. Talmage, of Brooklyn, is good story
teller. He has high regard for the discreet
men Of the profession and plenty of charity
for those who are inclined to be convivial.
He appreciates good joke, no matter at
whose expense it may be.-New York Mail
and Express
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12
Noted Mems Feet.

"Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, the pastor
of Plymouth said DIR. Palmer, "has
soft, chubby feat He always wears a
bru sole /. easy TIT ng shbe of the finest
kid made, and suffers but little from corns
or bunions l brighten up his finger and
toe nails about once month. Mr.. Beecber
is a most interesting taiker. The last time
he was here he related many pleasant ansc
dotes of his me in Peekskill, where he re-
sides with his family during the summer.
In speaking of the regiments encampment
at PeekskiIl, Mr.. .Beecher remarked that
the boys in blue greatly aided to the in
come of the shopkeepers OF the town, and
taken upon the whole they improved Its so
cIal and moral condition.
"Rev DIR. Talmaye, who recently sailed
for Europe to join his family in London,
is also one Of my customers His feet in
some respects resemble a canoe, being long
and narrow. can not say they are free
from corns and bunionS, like Mr.. Beecher's,
but nevertheless they are pleasant to look
upon. DR.. Talmage's toe-Dails grow out
perfectly straight and are pink and
white as a womans."
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-07-15
Milking Heifers.

Mr.. \. w. Cheever, an experienced
dairyman advises as follows in the
NeaO Es1gId1d Farmer: A heifer that
inclines to dry off too early should be
millled so long as the milk is suitable
for use, even though there be but pint
per day. There is abundant evidence
that drying off heifers too early after
having the first calf tends to fix the
habit of drying off early, thus injuring
the future usefulness of the COW. Most
dairymen, however believe that cows
will usually give more milk in year if
they 90 dry six weeks than if they are
MIXED continuously. We have GER
tainIy injured heifers by milking too
nearly up to the time of second calving.
If a COW is MIXED ''clear round" her
udder does not become extended before
calving as it otherwise would, and it
may not be large enough TO give large
mess. We would endeavor to breed
cows that would give milk the year
round, but we would try to give them
a rest about six weeks before calving.
When drying off take away all grain
and feed second quality hay or straw
for week or more till all danger of in
flammation of the udd II is past. Care
must be taken, however, that no milk
is left to curdle in the teats or milk
ducts, or it may be impossible to milk
her after calving. After the udder is
reduced and the milk secretion stops,
sllings may be fed again, though in
~ate quantity.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-07-15

OF seasonable eoosls for harvest has been opened
up the past few days at Muutague's. As these
goods were bought at unusually low rates for cash
by Mr.. Montague personally they win be sold for
what would formerly be considered merely
nominal price blouses, jumpers. cheviot shirts
oyersills buckskin gloves, scnlskin gloves. har-
vesters Shoes and socks. something new always
10 be found at my Mammoth Cash store.
The low prices prevailing at Montague's com
bined with the excellence Of HIS goDds seem to
strike holy terror into the minds Of other deal
OF the mountains and etc"
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-07-15
LICENSE OR PROHIBITION.
WHICH?

The question plain and simple, do
you want license or prohibition in Ore
gon +? is addressing itself daily to the
voters OF Oregon, and choice between
these two modes of dealing with the
traffic must be made on the Sth of No
venber next. In the settlement of this
question it is well to keep IN mind the
fact that a license law is always more
difficult to enforce than prohibitory
one. 1t is a notorious fact that all reg
ulative laws have been most flagrantIy
and shanlefully trampled upon by the
whiskey traffic, always, and every
where. 1t is worse than folly, then, to
raise tlsa cry that Prohibition won't
prohibit, for it is absolutely certain that
restriction will not restrict. In this
connection it would be well for every
lover of his country to ponder the no
BILE words of President Seelye, of Am
herst college He says:
1.-THE moral tone of the community
Is lowered by licensing the liquor traf-
fic. Whether it is right or wrong per
sc, to bpysoz sell, or drink Intoxicating
lssiScrs, Is a question / d0.not now care
TO argue. This question loses its inter-
est to 1ne, iR the face of the appalling
faets with. which the traffic eonfrents
as. There is no single channel through
which Such depths of misery flow over
the human race, as through this. No
raTages of disease, no devastations of
nature, no kinds of vice or crime work
such woe as this.n
Such a statement no intelligent per-
son viii be likely to doubt, and no hon
est one would deny. Now, to license
the liquor traffic, on the view that the
enormity of this evil can be regulated
impossible as experience has thus far
shown this to be-to sanction the open
ing of these fiood-gates on the pretense
that to keep them shut, is to infringe
upon the liberty which wise govern
ment should ever guard, is only, as it
seems to. us, the enslavenent of the
many for the freedom OF the few, an
attempt whose result is likely to be the
bondage OF all, and makes the commu-
nifty itself party to wrong doing. This
cannot be done without lowering its
own moral tone
The revenue -fS5na license falls heav-
Test where the burthen ought to be the
least. High license may add to the
price of the liquor bought and con-
sumed, but it does not, so far as we can
learn, diminish the amount consumed.
An intenperafe man is not likely to
drink more because liquor is cheap, nor
! less because it is dear; the difference
eetween three or four cents glass
hTales no difference to him, but the
enormous taxes for high license are
wTung from the wrefchedness of worse
than widowed wives, and worse than
orphaned children
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-07-15
AS Every Patriotic Citizen
Should,

Montague believes In celebrating the glorious
Fourth. the Nations birth day. Tint duty per
formed he believes in settling right down to nus
ineSs and he be found rs usunl distribu-
ting his fine stock of goods TO the good people OF
Lebanon and vicinity at rates never before at
tempted by merchant Of Linn county or the
state of Oregon.
Go and sec him. word TO the wise IS sufficient
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-07-15
A Timely Word to Our Slow
Pay Friends.

Buying goods credit is with many only
habit, and a bad one-all bad habits should be
broken Montague thinks. lie proposes TO try his
level best To inaugarate pay you go'' system
and will offer special Inducements To buyers to
make them appreciate that style ofdoing business.
He further proposes to collect every dollar due
him Just soon as it he collected in order to
enable him to do justice to his army of customers
who ARE good pay. While he is disposed to be
very lenient and accommodating he is sorry to
say that many have abused his patience and
skulk around to other places spending the money
justly due and OWING to him. These parties are
not by any means lost sight of and they win
shortly have something that viii most wonder
fully astonish them unless prompt settlements are
made. No more temporising In fact more
than weary of it.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-07-15


That the prohibitory amendment
will be carried in Oregon outside OF
Portland is now frankly conceded by
its opponents. Portland is recognized
as the battle ground, and all the work
and energy that money can command
viii be expended there by the whiskey
men and their e1nissaries to rope III all
the cold dTunl1sn to vote for whisl1ey.
They viii attempt to import ''roughs''
of every sort from Washington terrific
rv, and lots of ..scum" will live high
on free wlliskey in Portland just pre-
yious to the election. This is the class
to be largely depended on to carry the
State against prohibition. 1t is upon
: this class Of creatures that the rumsel-
fers Of Portland base their boasts that
ave money enough to buy suf-
overwhelming majority in
s4t01 1counterbalance that from
fne outside. What responsibility
rests upon the prohibitionists of Port
landI That they realize it, we want no
better evidence than the fact that they
organizing in manner which will be
most effectual in their encounter with
an adversary unscrupulous in methods
md void of principle To meet this
. opposition the friends Of the
sdment in Portland must be thor
" organized. and equiped for a
fight. Fright is might, y friends.
ual vigilance is the price of liber-
Let US all be on the alert.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-07-15
A Favorable Announce
ment.

IiiCiiLs
We propose to continue in the future as VIC
have been doing in the past:
Give our customers the benefit Of close buying.
Reduce the price on goods whenever able to do
so.
Never wait for our competitors to force us.
We have made and shnll continue to make all
the low prices which worry our competitors but
please our patrons.
We keep the largest and best selected stock of
goods in Lebanon.
Our sales indicate that we are headquarters 80
far as regards the BEST goods for the LEAST
MONTY.
Consequently when you want dry goods. boots
and shoes, hats and caps groceries, carpets wall
paper, hardware etc. etc. go to
o.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-07-15

.e rural districts are usually con-
cd to f;vor prohibition. This is
sat concession for Oregon. Portland
ony place which is much Of a
It casts about 5000 votes; the
ssste upwards of 10000. It
ION sentiment
the
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-07-15

ne ExpREss goes to it,
an eight-column paper. We
made this Improvement for our
aders henefit. and hope they will ap-
.lrsSte our endeavors TO give them as
.rge, and newsy paper as is published
IN the couss,e The enlargement has
necessarily incurred to us some addi-
tionaI expense III the way of material,
paper, etc, and we hope any one owing
us Will pisase remit. If you want a
good, live paper, representing the var
ious Interests Of Linn county, subscribe
for The EXPRESS. Price as heretofore
S2.0 90 per year, in advance.